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The Gnome King of Oz (1927) is the 21st Oz book and the seventh by Ruth Plumly Thompson. It follows the adventures of Peter, a boy from Philadelphia who is transported by magic balloon to the Runaway Island where the wicked Gnome King is has been stranded (in Kabumpo in Oz). Peter and the Gnome King escape the island and discover an abandoned pirate ship. While sailing to Ev, they discover a chest with a magic cloak that allows invisibility and will transport the wearer anywhere he choses. The only problem is it is ripped, and will not work.

Meanwhile, the Patchwork Girl is abducted by the Quilties, a country of seamstresses, and made their queen.


The world of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The land | The characters | The books
The authors (Baum | Thompson | McGraw | Volkov) | The illustrators (Denslow | Neill)
The feature film adaptations (1910: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | 1914: His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz | 1925: Wizard of Oz | 1939: The Wizard of Oz | 1964: Return to Oz | Journey Back to Oz | 1971: The Turkish Wizard of Oz | 1975: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | 1976: The Wizard of Oz | 1978: The Wiz | 1982: The Wizard of Oz | 1985: Return to Oz | 1987: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Ozma of Oz | The Marvelous Land of Oz | The Emerald City of Oz | 2005: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz)
Wicked (Wicked (book series)>The books | The musical)

 


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